The 2011 Chicago Cubs season was the 140th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 136th in the National League and the 96th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs, under new manager Mike Quade,^[1] finished fifth in the National League Central with a record of 71–91. The Cubs displayed a patch on their uniforms to remember Cub broadcaster and player Ron Santo, who died in December 2010.

Regular season

Season standings

National League Central

v t e NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Milwaukee Brewers	96	66	0.593	—	57–24	39–42
St. Louis Cardinals	90	72	0.556	6	45–36	45–36
Cincinnati Reds	79	83	0.488	17	42–39	37–44
Pittsburgh Pirates	72	90	0.444	24	36–45	36–45
Chicago Cubs	71	91	0.438	25	39–42	32–49
Houston Astros	56	106	0.346	40	31–50	25–56

National League Wild Card

v t e Division leaders	W	L	Pct.
Philadelphia Phillies	102	60	0.630
Milwaukee Brewers	96	66	0.593
Arizona Diamondbacks	94	68	0.580

v t e Wild Card team (Top team qualifies for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
St. Louis Cardinals	90	72	0.556	—
Atlanta Braves	89	73	0.549	1
San Francisco Giants	86	76	0.531	4
Los Angeles Dodgers	82	79	0.509	7½
Washington Nationals	80	81	0.497	9½
Cincinnati Reds	79	83	0.488	11
New York Mets	77	85	0.475	13
Colorado Rockies	73	89	0.451	17
Florida Marlins	72	90	0.444	18
Pittsburgh Pirates	72	90	0.444	18
Chicago Cubs	71	91	0.438	19
San Diego Padres	71	91	0.438	19
Houston Astros	56	106	0.346	34

Game log

**Legend**
Cubs Win	Cubs Loss	Game Postponed

2011 Game Log

April (12–14): Home (6–8); Road (6–6)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attend.	Record
1	April 1	Pirates	3–6	Correia (1–0)	Dempster (0–1)	Hanrahan (1)	41,358	0–1
2	April 2	Pirates	5–3	Marshall (1–0)	Meek (0–1)	Mármol (1)	35,782	1–1
3	April 3	Pirates	4–5	Karstens (1–0)	Mármol (0–1)	Hanrahan (2)	30,857	1–2
4	April 4	Diamondbacks	4–1	Wells (1–0)	Saunders (0–1)	Mármol (2)	26,292	2–2
5	April 5	Diamondbacks	6–5	Russell (1–0)	Demel (1–1)	Marshall (1)	27,039	3–2
6	April 6	Diamondbacks	4–6	Galarraga (1–0)	Dempster (0–2)	Putz (2)	32,272	3–3
7	April 8	@ Brewers	7–4	Zambrano (1–0)	Wolf (0–2)	Mármol (3)	34,310	4–3
8	April 9	@ Brewers	0–6	Narveson (1–0)	Garza (0–1)		42,478	4–4
9	April 10	@ Brewers	5–6	Loe (1–0)	Wood (0–1)	Axford (3)	37,193	4–5
10	April 11	@ Astros	5–4	Dempster (1–2)	Figueroa (0–2)	Mármol (4)	20,175	5–5
11	April 12	@ Astros	2–11	Myers (1–0)	Russell (1–1)		23,523	5–6
12	April 13	@ Astros	9–5	Zambrano (2–0)	W. Rodríguez (0–2)		20,987	6–6
13	April 15	@ Rockies	0–5	Chacín (3–0)	Garza (0–2)		30,218	6–7
14	April 16	@ Rockies	8–3	Coleman (1–0)	Hammel (1–1)		40,164	7–7
15	April 17	@ Rockies	5–9	Betancourt (1–0)	Mateo (0–1)		42,061	7–8
16	April 18	Padres	1–0 (10)	Mármol (1–1)	Qualls (0–1)		36,597	8–8
–	April 19	Padres	Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for April 20 (Game 2)
17	April 20	Padres	2–1 (11)	Samardzija (1–0)	Gregerson (0–1)		35,544	9–8
18	April 20	Padres	4–5	Harang (4–0)	Russell (1–2)	Bell (5)	35,095	9–9
19	April 22	Dodgers	2–12	Billingsley (2–1)	Coleman (1–1)		36,595	9–10
20	April 23	Dodgers	10–8	Samardzija (2–0)	Guerrier (1–1)	Mármol (5)	41,161	10–10
21	April 24	Dodgers	3–7	Kuroda (3–2)	Zambrano (2–1)		32,943	10–11
22	April 25	Rockies	3–5	Rogers (3–1)	Garza (0–3)	Street (8)	37,417	10–12
23	April 26	Rockies	3–4	de la Rosa (4–0)	Russell (1–3)	Street (9)	38,261	10–13
–	April 27	Rockies	Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for June 27 (Game 2)
24	April 28	@ Diamondbacks	2–11	Enright (1–2)	Dempster (1–3)		21,720	10–14
25	April 29	@ Diamondbacks	4–2	Zambrano (3–1)	Galarraga (3–2)	Mármol (6)	29,450	11–14
26	April 30	@ Diamondbacks	5–3	Garza (1–3)	Putz (0–1)	Mármol (7)	27,711	12–14

May (11–16): Home (6–10); Road (5–6)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attend.	Record
27	May 1	@ Diamondbacks	3–4	D. Hudson (2–4)	Coleman (1–2)	Putz (6)	26,620	12–15
28	May 2	@ Dodgers	2–5	Kershaw (3–3)	Russell (1–4)	Broxton (7)	29,663	12–16
29	May 3	@ Dodgers	4–1	Wood (1–1)	Broxton (1–2)	Mármol (8)	38,017	13–16
30	May 4	@ Dodgers	5–1	Zambrano (4–1)	Lilly (2–3)		28,419	14–16
31	May 6	Reds	4–5	Volquez (3–1)	Garza (1–4)	Cordero (5)	35,471	14–17
32	May 7	Reds	3–2	Mateo (1–1)	Cordero (2–1)		37,666	15–17
33	May 8	Reds	0–2	Cueto (1–0)	Dempster (1–4)	Cordero (6)	31,931	15–18
34	May 10	Cardinals	4–6	Carpenter (1–2)	Wood (1–2)	Sánchez (4)	34,249	15–19
35	May 11	Cardinals	11–4	Garza (2–4)	Westbrook (2–3)		34,439	16–19
36	May 12	Cardinals	1–9	García (5–0)	Coleman (1–3)		32,559	16–20
37	May 13	Giants	11–4	Dempster (2–4)	Bumgarner (0–6)		37,433	17–20
38	May 14	Giants	0–3 (6)	Vogelsong (3–0)	Davis (0–1)		39,706	17–21
–	May 15	Giants	Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for June 28
39	May 16	@ Reds	4–7	Bailey (3–0)	Zambrano (4–2)	Cordero (8)	16,981	17–22
40	May 17	@ Reds	5–7	Bray (1–0)	Wood (1–3)	Masset (1)	18,861	17–23
41	May 18	@ Marlins	7–5	Samardzija (3–0)	Mujica (4–2)	Mármol (9)	14,422	18–23
42	May 19	@ Marlins	5–1	Coleman (2–3)	Volstad (2–3)		16,345	19–23
43	May 20	@ Red Sox	5–15	Lester (6–1)	Davis (0–2)	Atchison (1)	37,140	19–24
44	May 21	@ Red Sox	9–3	Marshall (2–0)	Albers (0–2)		37,798	20–24
45	May 22	@ Red Sox	1–5	Wakefield (1–1)	Russell (1–5)		37,688	20–25
46	May 24	Mets	11–1	Dempster (3–4)	Niese (3–5)		35,707	21–25
47	May 25	Mets	4–7 (7)	Gee (4–0)	Coleman (2–4)		36,666	21–26
48	May 26	Mets	9–3	Zambrano (5–2)	Beato (1–1)		33,378	22–26
49	May 27	Pirates	2–4	Correia (7–4)	Davis (0–3)	Hanrahan (14)	34,105	22–27
50	May 28	Pirates	0–10	Maholm (2–7)	Wells (1–1)		38,413	22–28
51	May 29	Pirates	3–2	Dempster (4–4)	Karstens (3–4)	Mármol (10)	37,464	23–28
52	May 30	Astros	7–12	Escalona (1–0)	Samardzija (3–1)		30,450	23–29
53	May 31	Astros	3–7	F. Rodriguez (1–0)	Mármol (1–2)		31,178	23–30

June (11–18): Home (7–6); Road (4–12)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attend.	Record
54	June 1	Astros	1–3	Myers (2–4)	Davis (0–4)	Melancon (4)	31,340	23–31
55	June 3	@ Cardinals	1–6	García (6–1)	Dempster (4–5)		40,419	23–32
56	June 4	@ Cardinals	4–5 (12)	Sánchez (2–1)	Samadzija (3–2)		43,195	23–33
57	June 5	@ Cardinals	2–3 (10)	Salas (3–0)	López (0–1)		40,701	23–34
58	June 6	@ Reds	2–8	Leake (5–2)	Garza (2–5)		22,568	23–35
59	June 7	@ Reds	2–8	Volquez (4–2)	Davis (0–5)		24,921	23–36
60	June 8	@ Reds	4–1	Dempster (5–5)	Arroyo (4–6)	Mármol (11)	31,367	24–36
61	June 9	@ Phillies	4–3 (11)	Marshall (3–0)	Herndon (0–1)	Mármol (12)	44,906	25–36
62	June 10	@ Phillies	5–7	Halladay (9–3)	Zambrano (5–3)	Bastardo (2)	45,602	25–37
63	June 11	@ Phillies	1–7	Lee (6–5)	Garza (2–6)		45,738	25–38
64	June 12	@ Phillies	3–4	Oswalt (4–4)	Marshall (3–1)	Madson (15)	45,361	25–39
65	June 13	Brewers	1–0	Samardzija (4–2)	Loe (2–6)	Mármol (13)	39,070	26–39
66	June 14	Brewers	5–4 (10)	Samardzija (5–2)	Dillard (1–1)		39,151	27–39
67	June 15	Brewers	5–9	Narveson (4–4)	Zambrano (5–4)		39,821	27–40
68	June 16	Brewers	12–7	Garza (3–6)	Greinke (6–2)		40,024	28–40
69	June 17	Yankees	3–1	Davis (1–5)	García (5–6)	Mármol (14)	42,219	29–40
70	June 18	Yankees	3–4	Burnett (7–5)	Dempster (5–6)	Rivera (17)	42,236	29–41
71	June 19	Yankees	4–10	Sabathia (9–4)	Marshall (3–2)		41,828	29–42
72	June 20	@ White Sox	6–3	Zambrano (6–4)	Floyd (6–7)	Mármol (15)	36,005	30–42
73	June 21	@ White Sox	2–3	Crain (3–2)	Samardzija (5–3)	Santos (13)	35,155	30–43
74	June 22	@ White Sox	3–4	Peavy (3–1)	Davis (1–6)	Santos (14)	35,403	30–44
75	June 24	@ Royals	6–4	Marshall (4–2)	Crow (2–1)	Mármol (16)	32,918	31–44
76	June 25	@ Royals	2–3	Holland (2–1)	Samardzija (5–4)	Soria (12)	38,744	31–45
77	June 26	@ Royals	3–6	Hochevar (5–8)	Wells (1–2)	Soria (13)	28,401	31–46
78	June 27	Rockies	7–3	Garza (4–6)	Chacín (8–5)		40,854	32–46
79	June 28	Giants	7–13	Vogelsong (6–1)	Davis (1–7)		39,157	32–47
80	June 28	Giants	3–6	Zito (1–1)	López (0–2)	Wilson (24)	38,360	32–48
81	June 29	Giants	2–1	Mármol (2–2)	Romo (3–1)		37,221	33–48
82	June 30	Giants	5–2 (13)	Grabow (1–0)	Ramírez (2–1)		38,158	34–48

July (9–17): Home (6–7); Road (3–10)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attend.	Record
83	July 1	White Sox	4–6	Jackson (5–6)	Wells (1–3)	Santos (18)	41,486	34–49
84	July 2	White Sox	0–1	Humber (8–4)	Garza (4–7)	Thornton (3)	42,165	34–50
85	July 3	White Sox	3–1	López (1–2)	Floyd (6–8)	Mármol (17)	42,311	35–50
86	July 4	@ Nationals	4–5 (10)	Rodríguez (3–1)	Mateo (1–2)		32,937	35–51
87	July 5	@ Nationals	2–3	Detwiler (1–0)	Ortiz (0–1)	Storen (21)	19,181	35–52
88	July 6	@ Nationals	4–5	Mattheus (2–0)	Wood (1–4)	Storen (22)	19,631	35–53
89	July 7	@ Nationals	10–9	Marshall (5–2)	Rodríguez (3–2)	Mármol (18)	22,016	36–53
90	July 8	@ Pirates	4–7	D. McCutchen (3–1)	Marshall (5–3)	Hanrahan (26)	37,140	36–54
91	July 9	@ Pirates	6–3	Dempster (6–6)	Correia (11–7)	Mármol (19)	39,235	37–54
92	July 10	@ Pirates	1–9	Maholm (6–9)	Ortiz (0–2)		31,428	37–55
93	July 14	Marlins	3–6	Mujica (7–2)	Mármol (2–3)		38,145	37–56
94	July 15	Marlins	2–1	Dempster (7–6)	Nolasco (6–6)	Marshall (2)	38,391	38–56
95	July 16	Marlins	3–13	Vázquez (6–8)	Zambrano (6–5)		40,709	38–57
96	July 17	Marlins	5–7	Mujica (8–2)	Wood (1–5)	Oviedo (26)	37,634	38–58
97	July 18	Phillies	6–1	López (2–2)	Halladay (11–4)		38,183	39–58
98	July 19	Phillies	2–4	Stutes (4–1)	Marshall (5–4)	Bastardo (7)	38,857	39–59
99	July 20	Phillies	1–9	Worley (6–1)	Dempster (7–7)		37,864	39–60
100	July 22	Astros	4–2	Zambrano (7–5)	Norris (5–7)	Marshall (3)	39,855	40–60
101	July 23	Astros	5–1	Wells (2–3)	W. Rodríguez (6–7)		40,486	41–60
102	July 24	Astros	5–4 (10)	Grabow (2–0)	Carpenter (0–1)		40,406	42–60
103	July 26	@ Brewers	2–3	Narveson (7–6)	Dempster (7–8)	Axford (28)	39,183	42–61
104	July 27	@ Brewers	0–2	Greinke (8–4)	Zambrano (7–6)	Axford (29)	39,233	42–62
105	July 28	@ Brewers	2–4	Marcum (10–3)	Wells (2–4)	Axford (30)	40,008	42–63
106	July 29	@ Cardinals	2–9	Jackson (8–7)	Garza (4–8)		42,042	42–64
107	July 30	@ Cardinals	5–13	Lohse (9–7)	López (2–3)		43,784	42–65
108	July 31	@ Cardinals	6–3	Dempster (8–8)	Westbrook (9–5)	Mármol (20)	43,960	43–65

August (16–13): Home (7–6); Road (9–7)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attend.	Record
109	August 1	@ Pirates	5–3	Zambrano (8–6)	Maholm (6–11)	Mármol (21)	22,248	44–65
110	August 2	@ Pirates	11–6	Wells (3–4)	Correia (12–9)		26,109	45–65
111	August 3	@ Pirates	1–0	Garza (5–8)	Resop (3–3)	Mármol (22)	19,106	46–65
112	August 4	@ Pirates	7–6	Samardzija (6–4)	D. McCutchen (3–3)	Mármol (23)	29,317	47–65
113	August 5	Reds	4–3	Dempster (9–8)	Leake (9–7)	Mármol (24)	42,245	48–65
114	August 6	Reds	11–4	Zambrano (9–6)	Cueto (7–5)		41,978	49–65
115	August 7	Reds	7–8	Masset (2–5)	Marshall (5–5)	Cordero (20)	39,619	49–66
–	August 8	Nationals	Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 11
116	August 9	Nationals	1–3	Wang (1–2)	Garza (5–9)	Storen (30)	37,109	49–67
117	August 10	Nationals	4–2	López (3–3)	Detwiler (1–2)	Mármol (25)	38,010	50–67
118	August 11	Nationals	4–3	Dempster (10–8)	Zimmermann (7–10)	Mármol (26)	34,733	51–67
119	August 12	@ Braves	4–10	Minor (2–2)	Zambrano (9–7)		50,146	51–68
120	August 13	@ Braves	8–4	Wells (4–4)	Lowe (7–11)	Mármol (27)	49,781	52–68
121	August 14	@ Braves	6–5	Grabow (3–0)	O'Flaherty (1–4)	Mármol (28)	32,011	53–68
122	August 15	@ Astros	4–3	López (4–3)	Sosa (0–2)	Wood (1)	20,138	54–68
123	August 16	@ Astros	5–6	A. Rodríguez (1–4)	Mármol (2–4)		23,736	54–69
124	August 17	@ Astros	3–4	Norris (6–8)	Coleman (2–5)	Melancon (12)	24,054	54–70
125	August 19	Cardinals	5–4 (10)	Marshall (6–5)	Dotel (2–3)		42,343	55–70
126	August 20	Cardinals	3–0	Garza (6–9)	Jackson (9–9)	Mármol (29)	42,374	56–70
127	August 21	Cardinals	2–6	Westbrook (10–7)	López (4–4)		39,420	56–71
128	August 22	Braves	0–3	Jurrjens (13–5)	Dempster (10–9)	Venters (5)	37,061	56–72
129	August 23	Braves	4–5	Minor (4–2)	Coleman (2–6)	Kimbrel (40)	36,639	56–73
130	August 24	Braves	3–2	Wells (5–4)	Lowe (8–12)	Mármol (30)	37,098	57–73
131	August 25	Braves	3–8	Beachy (7–2)	Garza (6–10)		36,136	57–74
132	August 26	@ Brewers	2–5	Wolf (11–8)	López (4–5)	Axford (38)	41,661	57–75
133	August 27	@ Brewers	4–6	Gallardo (15–8)	Dempster (10–10)	Axford (39)	44,091	57–76
134	August 28	@ Brewers	2–3	Greinke (13–5)	Coleman (2–7)	Axford (40)	41,883	57–77
135	August 29	@ Giants	7–0	Wells (6–4)	Lincecum (12–11)		41,063	58–77
136	August 30	@ Giants	5–2	Garza (7–10)	Vogelsong (10–5)	Mármol (31)	41,165	59–77
137	August 31	@ Giants	0–4	Bumgarner (9–12)	López (4–6)		41,099	59–78

September (12–13): Home (7–5); Road (5–8)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attend.	Record
138	September 2	Pirates	1–3	Burres (1–0)	Dempster (10–11)	Hanrahan (33)	35,153	59–79
139	September 3	Pirates	5–7	Resop (5–4)	Mármol (2–5)	Hanrahan (34)	36,628	59–80
140	September 4	Pirates	6–3	Wells (7–4)	Morton (9–9)	Marshall (4)	40,469	60–80
141	September 5	Reds	4–3	Garza (8–10)	Willis (0–5)	Mármol (32)	41,341	61–80
142	September 6	Reds	2–4 (13)	Chapman (4–1)	Grabow (3–1)	Cordero (31)	35,297	61–81
143	September 7	Reds	6–3	Wood (2–5)	Ondrusek (4–5)	Mármol (33)	36,797	62–81
144	September 9	@ Mets	4–5	Acosta (3–1)	Marshall (6–6)		27,639	62–82
145	September 10	@ Mets	5–4	Wood (3–5)	Parnell (3–6)	Mármol (34)	30,443	63–82
146	September 11	@ Mets	10–6 (11)	Ortiz (1–2)	Stinson (0–1)		33,502	64–82
147	September 12	@ Reds	12–8	López (5–6)	Willis (0–6)		19,874	65–82
148	September 13	@ Reds	1–2	Leake (12–9)	Dempster (10–12)	Cordero (33)	19,159	65–83
149	September 14	@ Reds	2–7	LeCure (1–1)	Coleman (2–8)		18,304	65–84
150	September 15	@ Reds	6–8 (11)	Masset (3–5)	Russell (1–6)		23,792	65–85
151	September 16	Astros	4–3 (12)	Samardzija (7–4)	Carpenter (0–3)		35,318	66–85
152	September 17	Astros	2–1	López (6–6)	Sosa (2–5)	Marshall (5)	39,377	67–85
153	September 18	Astros	2–3	Myers (6–13)	Dempster (10–13)	Melancon (18)	36,250	67–86
154	September 19	Brewers	5–2	Coleman (3–8)	Narveson (10–8)		35,076	68–86
155	September 20	Brewers	1–5	Marcum (13–7)	Wells (7–5)		36,571	68–87
156	September 21	Brewers	7–1	Garza (9–10)	Wolf (13–10)		30,965	69–87
157	September 23	@ Cardinals	5–1	Samardzija (8–4)	McClellan (12–7)		40,355	70–87
158	September 24	@ Cardinals	1–2	Motte (5–2)	Mármol (2–6)		42,571	70–88
159	September 25	@ Cardinals	2–3	Dotel (5–3)	Wells (7–6)	Motte (9)	41,469	70–89
160	September 26	@ Padres	0–2	Latos (9–14)	Coleman (3–9)	Bell (43)	26,433	70–90
161	September 27	@ Padres	6–2	Garza (10–10)	Qualls (6–8)		39,058	71–90
162	September 28	@ Padres	2–9	LeBlanc (5–6)	Dempster (10–14)		32,452	71–91

Roster

2011 Chicago Cubs

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

8 Mike Quade

Coaching Staff

11 Iván DeJesús (third base)
2 Bob Dernier (first base)
7 Rudy Jaramillo (hitting)
95 Andrew Lane (bullpen catcher)
4 Pat Listach (bench)
47 Mark Riggins (pitching)
35 Lester Strode (bullpen)
98 Edgar Tovar (bullpen catcher)

Rotation

The starting rotation for the 2011 Chicago Cubs at the beginning of the season included Ryan Dempster, Carlos Zambrano, Matt Garza, Randy Wells, and Andrew Cashner.

Transactions

Date	Transaction	Acquired	From	For	Notes
November 17, 2010	Released	Free agency	N/A	Micah Hoffpauir	Signed with Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
December 8, 2010	Signed	Carlos Peña	Free agency	1 year, $10 million	$2 million signing bonus, $5 million deferred to January 2012
December 9, 2010	Claimed	Mason Tobin	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	No return	Rule 5 draft
December 9, 2010	Traded for	Cash considerations	Texas Rangers	Mason Tobin
December 9, 2010	Waived	No return	New York Mets	Ronny Morla	AAA Rule 5 draft
December 9, 2010	Waived	No return	Baltimore Orioles	Casey Lambert	AAA Rule 5 draft
December 15, 2010	Signed	Ángel Guzmán	Free agency	Minor League contract	Former Cub: 2006–2009
December 15, 2010	Signed	Scott Moore	Free agency	Minor League contract	Former Cub: 2006–2007
December 15, 2010	Signed	Scott Rice	Free agency	Minor League contract
December 15, 2010	Signed	Bobby Scales	Free agency	Minor League contract	Former Cub: 2009–2010
December 17, 2010	Signed	Kerry Wood	Free agency	1 year, $1.5 million	Former Cub: 1998–2008
December 21, 2010	Signed	Polín Trinidad	Free agency	Minor League contract
January 5, 2011	Waived	No return	New York Yankees	Brian Schlitter
January 8, 2011	Traded for	Matt Garza, Fernando Perez, and Zac Rosscup	Tampa Bay Rays	Chris Archer, Robinson Chirinos, Brandon Guyer, Sam Fuld, and Hak-Ju Lee
January 10, 2011	Claimed	Max Ramírez	Boston Red Sox	No return
January 12, 2011	Signed	Reed Johnson	Free agency	Minor League contract	Former Cub: 2008–2009
January 12, 2011	Purchased	John Urick	Chico Outlaws	Cash considerations
January 17, 2011	Traded for	A. J. Morris, Michael Burgess, and Graham Hicks	Washington Nationals	Tom Gorzelanny
January 18, 2011	Signed	Lou Montañez	Free agency	Minor League contract	Former Cubs Prospect
January 25, 2011	Signed	Todd Wellemeyer	Free agency	Minor League contract	Former Cub: 2003–2005
January 27, 2011	Signed	Braden Looper	Free agency	Minor League contract
January 27, 2011	Signed	Augie Ojeda	Free agency	Minor League contract	Former Cub: 2000–2003
January 27, 2011	Signed	Rubi Silva	International free agency	Undisclosed, $1.2 million signing bonus
January 27, 2011	Signed	Yaniel Cabezas	International free agency	Undisclosed, $500K signing bonus
February 15, 2011	Traded for	Robert Coello	Boston Red Sox	Tony Thomas
March 27, 2011	Released	Free Agency	N/A	Carlos Silva
April 10, 2011	Signed	Ramón Ortiz	Free agency	Minor League contract
April 12, 2011	Signed	Doug Davis	Free agency	Minor League contract
May 6, 2011	Released	Free Agency	N/A	Max Ramírez	Signed Minor League contract with the San Francisco Giants
May 7, 2011	Retired	N/A	Chicago Cubs	Todd Wellemeyer	Two stints with the Cubs 2003–2005 and 2011 (minors)
May 26, 2011	Traded for	Rodrigo López	Atlanta Braves	Ryan Buchter
June 27, 2011	Released	Free Agency	N/A	Bobby Scales	Signed with Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
June 29, 2011	Released	Free Agency	N/A	Doug Davis	Signed Minor League contract with the Chicago White Sox
July 7, 2011	Released	Free Agency	N/A	Fernando Perez	Signed Minor League contract with the New York Mets
July 9, 2011	Released	Free Agency	N/A	Augie Ojeda
July 15, 2011	Signed	Dave Bush	Free agency	Minor League contract
July 28, 2011	Traded for	Abner Abreu and Carlton Smith	Cleveland Indians	Kosuke Fukudome

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2b = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; Avg. = Batting average; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	Avg.	SB
2B,3B,1B,OF	Jeff Baker	81	201	20	54	12	1	3	23	.269	0
2B,SS	Darwin Barney	143	529	66	146	23	6	2	43	.276	9
CF	Marlon Byrd	119	446	51	123	22	2	9	35	.276	3
OF	Tony Campana	95	143	24	37	3	0	1	6	.259	24
C	Welington Castillo	4	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	.154	0
SS	Starlin Castro	158	674	91	207	36	9	10	66	.307	22
C	Steve Clevenger	2	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	.250	0
OF,1B	Tyler Colvin	80	206	17	31	8	3	6	20	.150	0
2B,3B,OF	Blake DeWitt	121	230	21	61	11	4	5	26	.265	1
RF	Kosuke Fukudome	87	293	33	80	15	2	3	13	.273	2
C	Koyie Hill	46	134	15	26	3	1	2	9	.194	1
OF	Reed Johnson	111	246	33	76	22	1	5	28	.309	2
1B	Bryan LaHair	20	59	9	17	5	1	2	6	.288	0
2B,3B	DJ LeMahieu	37	60	3	15	2	0	0	4	.250	0
OF	Lou Montañez	36	54	6	12	4	0	1	9	.222	0
1B	Carlos Peña	153	493	72	111	27	3	28	80	.225	2
3B	Aramis Ramírez	149	565	80	173	35	1	26	93	.306	1
OF	Brad Snyder	8	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	.111	0
LF	Alfonso Soriano	137	475	50	116	27	1	26	88	.244	2
C	Geovany Soto	125	421	46	96	26	0	17	54	.228	0
	Non-Pitcher Totals	162	5255	639	1385	282	35	146	603	.264	69

Pitchers batting

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	Avg.
P	Justin Berg	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
P	Andrew Cashner	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
P	Casey Coleman	21	25	1	4	1	1	0	0	.160
P	Doug Davis	7	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
P	Ryan Dempster	34	58	1	5	0	0	0	0	.086
P	Matt Garza	30	64	2	6	0	0	0	1	.094
P	Rodrigo López	25	30	1	2	0	0	0	0	.067
P	Ramón Ortiz	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
P	James Russell	59	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	.125
P	Jeff Samardzija	71	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
P	Jeff Stevens	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
P	Randy Wells	22	43	2	6	0	0	0	1	.140
P	Carlos Zambrano	22	44	8	14	2	0	2	5	.318
	Pitcher Totals	162	294	15	38	3	1	2	7	.129

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Casey Coleman	3	9	6.40	19	17	84.1	102	62	60	46	75
Doug Davis	1	7	6.50	9	9	45.2	59	38	33	26	36
Ryan Dempster	10	14	4.80	34	34	202.1	211	111	108	82	191
Matt Garza	10	10	3.32	31	31	198.0	186	90	73	63	197
Rodrigo López	6	6	4.42	26	16	97.2	116	56	48	29	54
Randy Wells	7	6	4.99	23	23	135.1	141	76	75	47	82
Carlos Zambrano	9	7	4.82	24	24	145.2	154	80	78	56	101

Relief pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Justin Berg	0	0	3.75	8	0	0	12.0	11	5	5	6	6
Chris Carpenter	0	0	2.79	10	0	0	9.2	12	3	3	7	8
Andrew Cashner	0	0	1.69	7	1	0	10.2	3	2	2	4	8
Rafael Dolis	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	1	1
John Gaub	0	0	6.75	4	0	0	2.2	2	2	2	2	3
John Grabow	3	1	4.76	58	0	0	62.1	67	39	33	28	38
Scott Maine	0	0	10.29	7	0	0	7.0	11	8	8	5	5
Carlos Mármol	2	6	4.01	75	0	34	74.0	54	33	33	48	99
Sean Marshall	6	6	2.26	78	0	5	75.2	66	21	19	17	79
Marcos Mateo	1	2	4.30	23	0	0	23.0	24	11	11	10	25
Ramón Ortiz	1	2	4.86	22	2	0	33.1	31	20	18	11	25
James Russell	1	6	4.12	64	5	0	67.2	76	37	31	14	43
Jeff Samardzija	8	4	2.97	75	0	0	88.0	64	35	29	50	87
Jeff Stevens	0	0	5.14	4	0	0	7.0	4	4	4	7	4
Kerry Wood	3	5	3.35	55	0	1	51.0	45	23	19	21	57
Team Pitching Totals	71	91	4.33	162	162	40	1434.1	1439	756	690	580	1224

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Iowa Cubs	Pacific Coast League	Bill Dancy
AA	Tennessee Smokies	Southern League	Brian Harper
A	Daytona Cubs	Florida State League	Buddy Bailey
A	Peoria Chiefs	Midwest League	Casey Kopitzke
A-Short Season	Boise Hawks	Northwest League	Mark Johnson
Rookie	AZL Cubs	Arizona League	Juan Cabreja

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